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Michigan Gateway Community Foundation

MICHIGAN GATEWAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is a tax-exempt, nonprofit michigan corporation organized to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes to benefit the communites of south berrien and cass county, michigan.

$1.4M
Granted FY2026still arriving
58
Grants FY2026still arriving
5
States reached
$76k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.3MHuman Services$700kHealth$455kPhilanthropy$172kReligion$171kEnvironment$166kArts & Culture$151kPublic Benefit$140kOther$0
02FY2026 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 58 grants below total $1,038,357, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,390,951 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $352,594 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k25 grants · $186k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $548k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $304k
$10,913
Median grant
5
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$75,700
HYDROSEED INCRZ SPORTS TURF$65,697
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$59,375
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE$51,514
WISSCO IRRIGATION INCINVISIBLE FENCE$51,480
YMCA OF GREATER MICHIANA$45,856
BSN SPORTS LLC$44,896
DIAMOND LAKE YACHT CLUB$44,869
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$43,563
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$41,000
ROTI ROTI ART CENTER OF BUCHANAN$23,394
REDBUD AREA MINISTRIES$22,079
Individual grant recipient$21,500
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY$17,875
IU SOUTH BEND$16,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $206k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $19k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $19k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $18k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $18k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $18k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $18k → 12%AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION IV: $12k → 15%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 12%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 12%BERRIEN FAMILIES PLUS: $10k → 15%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 15%SPECTRUM HEALTH: $28k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
MA
OR
IN
OH
UT
CO
MO
AZ
NM
OK
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 59 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2026, 28 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
49

Total granted

$5.6M
$603k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+2%

Still filing today

39%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $443k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC
    9× · 2017–2026 · $429k · revenue +177%
  • FI
    FERNWOOD INC
    10× · 2017–2026 · $177k · revenue +56%
  • CC
    CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $141k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BUCHANAN
    one grant, 2025 · $44k
  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER MICHIANA
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • LM
    LYONS MCBRIDE LLC
    one grant, 2025 · $34k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
8
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
9
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
10
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baker College Professional Services; the most unlike its peers is The Pokagon Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 135 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/58
Grantees still filing
32/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC: $429,230 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INCMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $405,050 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $334,264 · OtherLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATIONCASS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY: $300,000 · OtherCASS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITYGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $293,320 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $262,705 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANREDBUD AREA MINISTRIES: $207,674 · Other+81 more: $2,396,425 · Other+81 moreSOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $617,819 · EducationSOUTHWESTERN MICHIGA…WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $104,684 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNI…HOPE COLLEGE: $67,890 · EducationHOPE COLLEGEALMA COLLEGE: $41,250 · Education+30 more: $380,367 · Education+30 moreUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $188,287 · PhilanthropyBUCHANAN AREA SENIOR CENTER: $57,604 · PhilanthropyCASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $140,517 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $28,333 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM): $12,375 · Human ServicesBerrien Families Plus: $10,000 · Human ServicesFERNWOOD INC: $177,118 · EnvironmentCHIKAMING OPEN LANDS: $10,000 · EnvironmentBUCHANAN ART CENTER: $110,204 · Arts & CultureLakeland Hospitals at Niles and St Joseph Inc: $60,000 · HealthTHE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $10,000 · HealthBERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC: $6,152 · Health
Other$4,628,668Education$1,212,010Philanthropy$245,891Human Services$206,225Environment$187,118Arts & Culture$110,204Health$76,152

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $617,819 over 10y, 17% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC: $429,230 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $334,264 over 10y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $188,287 over 10y, 1.3% of budgetFERNWOOD INC: $177,118 over 10y, 2.9% of budgetCASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $140,517 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBUCHANAN ART CENTER: $110,204 over 6y, 28% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $104,684 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDIAMOND LAKE YACHT CLUB: $69,657 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $67,890 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBUCHANAN AREA SENIOR CENTER: $57,604 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetALMA COLLEGE: $41,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Tech Fund: $34,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POKAGON FUND INC: $31,230 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $30,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $28,333 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOREWELL HEALTH - MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ALLIANCE CORPORATION: $28,333 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetALBION COLLEGE: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADRIAN COLLEGE: $21,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANDREWS UNIVERSITY: $20,475 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWGU CORPORATION: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $17,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17,725 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFERRY STREET RESOURCE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $13,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone University: $13,683 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER CENTER OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INC: $12,800 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM): $12,375 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKELAND UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $8,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISING KITES: $8,082 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEN OAKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,625 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetColumbia College Chicago: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrine University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Schools: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC: $6,152 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBETHEL COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: $5,555 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeidelberg University: $5,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA MICHIANA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds FERNWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCHANAN ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds DIAMOND LAKE YACHT CLUB ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Lakeland Hospitals at Niles and St Joseph Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUCHANAN AREA SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALMA COLLEGE ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Berrien Community Fou…Wood Foundation IncThe Allegan County Co…American Electric Pow…Consumers Energy Foun…Jp Crain Family Schol…The Huizenga Family F…Degroot Family Founda…Lakeland Health Found…Chemical Bank Foundat…1st Source Bank Found…Lilly Endowment Inc
Berrien Community Foundation IncMI49× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berrien Community Foundation Inc · Wood Foundation Inc · The Allegan County Community Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Jp Crain Family Scholarship Pfdn Paulding County Area Foundation · The Huizenga Family Foundation · Degroot Family Foundation · Lakeland Health Foundation Benton Harbor/Stjoseph · Chemical Bank Foundation · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Lilly Endowment Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michigan Gateway Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michigan Gateway Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 135 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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